Katharine Hubbard
@katharinehubbard.bsky.social
(She/her) Director of Learning Enhancement and Academic Practice at Buckinghamshire New University. NTF, PFHEA, still a biologist/plant scientist at heart https://www.bucks.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/katharine-hubbard katharinehubbard.blog
Early train for me to get to Kingston University @royalsocbio.bsky.social funded symposium - I’m giving a keynote on ‘Decolonising and diversifying the biosciences - what do we really mean and can we ever achieve it?’
May 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Early train for me to get to Kingston University @royalsocbio.bsky.social funded symposium - I’m giving a keynote on ‘Decolonising and diversifying the biosciences - what do we really mean and can we ever achieve it?’
Lovely day in Durham for Genetics Society plant biology meeting - delivered workshop on ‘Plant Biology Education for the 21st Century: An authentic and inclusive approach’. Shame I couldn’t stay for longer, but hoping I stimulated some useful ideas and conversations #StemEducation #PlantBiology
April 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Lovely day in Durham for Genetics Society plant biology meeting - delivered workshop on ‘Plant Biology Education for the 21st Century: An authentic and inclusive approach’. Shame I couldn’t stay for longer, but hoping I stimulated some useful ideas and conversations #StemEducation #PlantBiology
Looking forward to reading and digesting this on my long train journeys this week. Really want my work and that of my team to adopt a really clear user centred design - who is educational development for, what are their needs, and how to we design really effective support for educators? #HigherEd
March 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Looking forward to reading and digesting this on my long train journeys this week. Really want my work and that of my team to adopt a really clear user centred design - who is educational development for, what are their needs, and how to we design really effective support for educators? #HigherEd
Somewhere out there there is someone whose claim to fame is that they designed the Lego hermit crab. I can only hope they have the levels of job satisfaction I imagine they do!
January 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Somewhere out there there is someone whose claim to fame is that they designed the Lego hermit crab. I can only hope they have the levels of job satisfaction I imagine they do!
One of the things I really like about Buckinghamshire New University thus far is how the campus really reinforces learner identity in an accessible and fun way - this is just outside my office and makes me smile every time I see it
January 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
One of the things I really like about Buckinghamshire New University thus far is how the campus really reinforces learner identity in an accessible and fun way - this is just outside my office and makes me smile every time I see it
Haha! I very fondly remember writing a book chapter with my mini-me in the sling - typing while rocking from side to side to keep her asleep was odd but got quite good at it! Here’s to mums rocking it in academia (while putting no pressure on *any* new mum to do any work they don’t want to do!)
January 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Haha! I very fondly remember writing a book chapter with my mini-me in the sling - typing while rocking from side to side to keep her asleep was odd but got quite good at it! Here’s to mums rocking it in academia (while putting no pressure on *any* new mum to do any work they don’t want to do!)
I have started my new job! Great first day at Buckinghamshire New University as Head of Pedagogy and Practice - lots to learn but I’ve got great colleagues and some great work to build upon #BNUproud
January 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I have started my new job! Great first day at Buckinghamshire New University as Head of Pedagogy and Practice - lots to learn but I’ve got great colleagues and some great work to build upon #BNUproud
And that’s a wrap! What a fantastic meeting #PlantSciEd in Lancaster turned out to be! So many rich discussions, and lovely to meet new people as well as catch up with old friends. Watch this space for meeting outputs, including potential Manifesto for Plant Biology Education
January 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
And that’s a wrap! What a fantastic meeting #PlantSciEd in Lancaster turned out to be! So many rich discussions, and lovely to meet new people as well as catch up with old friends. Watch this space for meeting outputs, including potential Manifesto for Plant Biology Education
Really valuable discussions at our #PlantSciEd meeting - we did a SWOT analysis of current plant biology education this morning, and are now heading into a great afternoon of talks. Do you agree with our analysis - what have we missed?! #PlantSci
January 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Really valuable discussions at our #PlantSciEd meeting - we did a SWOT analysis of current plant biology education this morning, and are now heading into a great afternoon of talks. Do you agree with our analysis - what have we missed?! #PlantSci
And #PlantSciEd is up and running! We’ve started with an excellent keynote from Stephen Spoel giving us an overview of UK plant science strategy, and food for thought as to what this means for educators.
January 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
And #PlantSciEd is up and running! We’ve started with an excellent keynote from Stephen Spoel giving us an overview of UK plant science strategy, and food for thought as to what this means for educators.
News: Today is my last day at University of Hull. I arrived 9 years ago as a junior lecturer, and leave as a Reader in Bioscience Education, NTF and PFHEA. It has sometimes been challenging, but I’ve also been blessed by fantastic colleagues & students who I will miss very much
December 16, 2024 at 11:51 AM
News: Today is my last day at University of Hull. I arrived 9 years ago as a junior lecturer, and leave as a Reader in Bioscience Education, NTF and PFHEA. It has sometimes been challenging, but I’ve also been blessed by fantastic colleagues & students who I will miss very much
Been doing quite a lot of thinking about academic identity recently, so for a bit of fun made a word cloud out of my 'identity' statement at the start of my CV. This includes CV's going back for ~15 years - quite pleasing seeing this is a graphical summary of how I have described myself #academicsky
December 13, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Been doing quite a lot of thinking about academic identity recently, so for a bit of fun made a word cloud out of my 'identity' statement at the start of my CV. This includes CV's going back for ~15 years - quite pleasing seeing this is a graphical summary of how I have described myself #academicsky
Plant Biology People - have you registered for our January education focussed event yet? Lancaster (UK) Jan 7-8th, in person or online. You’ve got until Dec 12th to register for what is shaping up to be a fab meeting! #PlantScience #PlantBiology web.cvent.com/event/a17159...
November 27, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Plant Biology People - have you registered for our January education focussed event yet? Lancaster (UK) Jan 7-8th, in person or online. You’ve got until Dec 12th to register for what is shaping up to be a fab meeting! #PlantScience #PlantBiology web.cvent.com/event/a17159...
Today is probably the last time I will be in a lab. I’ve worked and/or taught in labs for ~20 yr, some of the most enjoyable parts of being a science educator. I will miss it lots, but am shortly heading to pastures new that won’t involve labs, so making sure I enjoy every last moment #academicsky
November 15, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Today is probably the last time I will be in a lab. I’ve worked and/or taught in labs for ~20 yr, some of the most enjoyable parts of being a science educator. I will miss it lots, but am shortly heading to pastures new that won’t involve labs, so making sure I enjoy every last moment #academicsky
**ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 11th NOV** Super excited to be organising this Plant Biology Education meeting - Jan 7-8th 2025 in Lancaster. Share practice, discuss challenges and build a community for the future. Submit an abstract and register at lnkd.in/engUgeMB #plantsci #plantscience
November 5, 2024 at 9:23 AM
**ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 11th NOV** Super excited to be organising this Plant Biology Education meeting - Jan 7-8th 2025 in Lancaster. Share practice, discuss challenges and build a community for the future. Submit an abstract and register at lnkd.in/engUgeMB #plantsci #plantscience
Some new friends in the lab this week! Am helping out with 2nd year genetics labs - students are making double stranded RNA for RNAi in locusts. As a plant biologist I am very much outside my comfort zone, but excited to see students engage with a new set of experiments
November 4, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Some new friends in the lab this week! Am helping out with 2nd year genetics labs - students are making double stranded RNA for RNAi in locusts. As a plant biologist I am very much outside my comfort zone, but excited to see students engage with a new set of experiments
Super chuffed to have been awarded Principal Fellowship of @advancehe.bsky.social recently - requires a lot of reflection on career, professional identity, status of education in contemporary #HigherEducation but really proud of it as an achievement #pfhea #advancehe
October 12, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Super chuffed to have been awarded Principal Fellowship of @advancehe.bsky.social recently - requires a lot of reflection on career, professional identity, status of education in contemporary #HigherEducation but really proud of it as an achievement #pfhea #advancehe
Really excited to announce registration and abstract submission for this meeting is open! Join us January 7-8, 2025 in Lancaster for "Plant Biology Education: Shaping the Future." Register now: cvent.me/LB9K1D
September 30, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Really excited to announce registration and abstract submission for this meeting is open! Join us January 7-8, 2025 in Lancaster for "Plant Biology Education: Shaping the Future." Register now: cvent.me/LB9K1D
I have two new articles out in The Biochemist magazine on #decolonisation of the bioscience curriculum, inspired by our @sebiology.bsky.social symposium. Article 1 = why we need to decolonise, including scientific racism, eugenics, bioprospecting and current biases portlandpress.com/biochemist/a...
March 18, 2024 at 8:12 PM
I have two new articles out in The Biochemist magazine on #decolonisation of the bioscience curriculum, inspired by our @sebiology.bsky.social symposium. Article 1 = why we need to decolonise, including scientific racism, eugenics, bioprospecting and current biases portlandpress.com/biochemist/a...
New Paper Alert! I present a competency based model of plant bio education in Plants People Planet @newphyt.bsky.social that focuses on what students can *do* rather than what they know. Builds on awesome work of Uni of Hull #plantscience #education nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 14, 2024 at 1:05 PM
New Paper Alert! I present a competency based model of plant bio education in Plants People Planet @newphyt.bsky.social that focuses on what students can *do* rather than what they know. Builds on awesome work of Uni of Hull #plantscience #education nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....